PHP variable content disappears from one line to next

[Microbe]

I have the following code in a contact form I am building (the phpwcms built in contact form breaks the application)

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if($_GET["to"]> ""){
	switch ($_GET["to"]) {
	    case "president":
		$email="email@domain";
		$recipient = "The president";
		break;
--SNIP--
	}

echo(" sw1 = " . $recipient);

}
[/PHP]

[PHP]
    echo(" sw2 = " . $recipient);
[/PHP]

can anyone explain why the output is

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val 1 = The president val 2 =

The variable content has been lost from one line to the next

[DeXXus]

SUBSTITUTE:

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<?php

FOR:

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[PHP]

and SUBSTITUTE:

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?>

FOR:

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[/PHP]

and think about it

[Microbe]

SUBSTITUTE:

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<?php

FOR:

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[PHP]

and SUBSTITUTE:

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?>

FOR:

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[/PHP]

and think about it

I am working around it now.

But I can only assume that the variables end up local within functions. Am I close?

[DeXXus]

But I can only assume that the variables end up local within functions. Am I close?

http://www.phpwcms.de/forum/viewtopic.php?p=53632#53632

[Microbe]

But I can only assume that the variables end up local within functions. Am I close?

http://www.phpwcms.de/forum/viewtopic.php?p=53632#53632

heh! Thanks so much for that.

I had just seen that article a short while ago while trying to figure out how to make the contact form produce

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    <option value="1">Option one</option>
    <option value="2">Option two</option>
    <option value="3">Option three</option> 

Still havn't done it.

I know the documentation is a work in progress, but it really needs some examples.